x Presentation Tools
x Audio Tools x_ Video Tools
x Collaborative Tools
_ Online Resources / Social Media
Objective
At the end of the lesson, workshop participants will be able to:
Describe what "Voice Thread" is
Choose language tasks that would be appropriate for their students
Sign up and create their own "Voice Thread"
Explain how to create tasks that are focused on student collaboration.
Share their "Voice Thread" online
Describe how they will assess students' learning progress
Demonstrate an example of one activity for their daily lesson plan using "Voice Thread" in alignment with the standards for language learning.
Standards Addressed
Communication: Interpretive, Interpersonal, presentation
Connections and/or Comparisons: Students can narrate stories based on target culture images or create a story that features intercultural comparisons.
ability to set up and use a microphone on a computer
Time for Completion
2 hours
User Track
_x__ Teacher _x_ Teacher Developer
Activity Management for
Workshop Leaders
Explore "Voice Thread" under Foreign Languages in the "Digital Library"
Have participants find exemplary Voice Threads online and have them explain why they are effective.
Have participants tell what kind of "Voice Thread" they would like to produce and what kind of tasks their students will perform with Voice Thread. Pinpoint language topic.
Explain how to make tasks more focused on student authoring and collaboration.
Have students create their own "Voice Thread" step by step.
http://voicethread.com/#home.b409.i848804
x Audio Tools
x_ Video Tools
x Collaborative Tools
_ Online Resources / Social Media
Describe what "Voice Thread" is
Choose language tasks that would be appropriate for their students
Sign up and create their own "Voice Thread"
Explain how to create tasks that are focused on student collaboration.
Share their "Voice Thread" online
Describe how they will assess students' learning progress
Demonstrate an example of one activity for their daily lesson plan using "Voice Thread" in alignment with the standards for language learning.
Connections and/or Comparisons: Students can narrate stories based on target culture images or create a story that features intercultural comparisons.
Internet access, microphone
Images to upload: Realia Project Image Database:http://www.realiaproject.org/
Modern Foreign Languages Image Bank
Baidu.com (Chinese)
Workshop Leaders
Ning